As of this year, Nicki Minaj has officially been in the rap game for a decade, releasing her debut mixtape Playtime Is Over back in 2007. Since then she’s made her mark on the rap world, with a feature list longer than the extended version of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, all the while smashing her own record for the most Billboard Hot 100 hits of all time.

In a new cover story for Dazed, Minaj discusses her long-awaited fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2014’s The Pinkprint....